Supreme Court of Florida

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No. SC2023-0438

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IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE

PROCEDURE 9.130.

May 2, 2024

PER CURIAM.

This matter is before the Court, on its own motion, for 

consideration of amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 

9.130 (Proceedings to Review Nonfinal Orders and Specified Final 

Orders). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. 

In June 2023, the Court published for comment in The Florida 

Bar News a proposal to amend rule 9.130(a)(3) by creating a new 

subdivision (H), which as proposed would provide for interlocutory 

review of nonfinal orders that confirm or deny confirmation of an

arbitration award, or that modify, correct, or vacate an arbitration 

award, and by deleting from existing subdivision (a)(3)(C)(iv) a 

provision that allows for interlocutory review of nonfinal orders
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determining entitlement to arbitration and adding that text to the 

new subdivision.

The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules Committee filed a 

comment expressing opposition to the amendment. The minority of 

Committee members voted in favor of the proposal but suggested

that the changes should be implemented by adding language to

subdivision (a)(3)(C)(iv), rather than by creating a new subdivision.

The Court hereby adopts the amendments, as set forth in the 

proposal, with a minor modification. The proposed new subdivision 

(a)(3)(H) is redesignated as (a)(3)(I) because on July 6, 2023, rule 

9.130 was amended to add a subdivision (a)(3)(H) in an unrelated 

case. See In re Amend. to Fla. Rule of App. Proc. 9.130, 367 So. 3d

1204, 1205 (Fla. 2023) (creating a new subdivision (a)(3)(H) to 

provide for interlocutory review of nonfinal orders that deny a 

motion to dismiss on the basis of the qualifications of a 

corroborating expert witness).

Accordingly, we hereby amend the Florida Rules of Appellate

Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New 

language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by 
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struck-through type. The amendments shall become effective on 

July 1, 2024, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, 

FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.

THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER 

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure

Elaine D. Walter, Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Miami, 

Florida, Hon. Andrew D. Manko, Past Chair, Appellate Court Rules 

Committee, Tallahassee, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive 

Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Heather Savage 

Telfer, Bar Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,

Responding with comments
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APPENDIX

RULE 9.130. PROCEEDINGS TO REVIEW NONFINAL ORDERS 

AND SPECIFIED FINAL ORDERS

(a) Applicability.

(1)-(2) [No change]

(3) Appeals to the district courts of appeal of nonfinal 

orders are limited to those that:

(A)-(B) [No change]

(C) determine:

(i)-(iii) [No change]

(iv) the entitlement of a party to 

arbitration, or to an appraisal under an insurance policy;

(v)-(x) [No change]

(D)-(F) [No change]

(G) grant or deny a motion for leave to amend 

to assert a claim for punitive damages; or

(H) deny a motion to dismiss on the basis of 

the qualifications of a corroborating expert witness under 

subsections 766.102(5)-(9), and (12), Florida Statutes.; or

(I) determine the entitlement of a party to 

arbitration, confirm or deny confirmation of an arbitration award or 

partial arbitration award, or modify, correct, or vacate an 

arbitration award.

(4)-(5) [No change]

(b)-(i) [No change]
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Committee Notes

[No Change]